Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin

I run one on my '67 Reveler. Really haven't noticed that big of a difference in steering, Definitely makes it plane out better, and completely eliminated porpoising. Personally I have ran them on all my boats. Todd ________________________________ From: jd <jdood@...> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's <omc-boats@...te.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:56:07 AM Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Doel-Fin I just put a SE300 hydrofoil on my Deluxe.  Harder steering,  seems to feel like it's dragging,  planes a tad better.  not sure about fuel.  gonna keep it on and try and get used to it.    i think others on here have the same one and like it. On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Justin DeSantis wrote: > Lets talk about hydrofoils. My boat has one, but I haven't run it yet. > And I never tried one on my previous boats. Some guys swear by them. > Some guys swear they are the devil. I googled it and found all sorts > of discussion on the subject. But I wanted to talk about it here since > the old Johnson hulls are so unique, I figure just because a guy with > a deep V hates them doesn't mean they're terrible on a sea-foil. The > guy I bought my boat from says that it makes it steer much harder, but > get on plane quicker. To me, that would mean better fuel consumption > at the expense of handling. But what other pros and cons might I > notice? > > Justin > _______________________________________________ > OMC-Boats mailing list > OMC-Boats@...ts.ultimate.com > http://lists.ultimate.com/mailman/listinfo/omc-boats _______________________________________________ OMC-Boats mailing list OMC-Boats@... http://lists.ultimate.com/mailman/listinfo/omc-boats
Received on Wednesday, 2 September 2009